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About Dixmier's conjecture

Rings and Algebras 2014-07-10 v3

Abstract

The well-known Dixmier conjecture asks if every algebra endomorphism of the first Weyl algebra over a characteristic zero field is an automorphism. We bring a hopefully easier to solve conjecture, called the γ,δ\gamma,\delta conjecture, and show that it is equivalent to the Dixmier conjecture. Up to checking that in the group generated by automorphisms and anti-automorphisms of A1A_1 all the involutions belong to one conjugacy class, we show that every involutive endomorphism from (A1,γ)(A_1,\gamma) to (A1,δ)(A_1,\delta) is an automorphism (γ\gamma and δ\delta are two involutions on A1A_1), and given an endomorphism ff of A1A_1 (not necessarily an involutive endomorphism), if one of f(X)f(X),f(Y)f(Y) is symmetric or skew-symmetric (with respect to any involution on A1A_1), then ff is an automorphism.

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@article{arxiv.1406.4368,
  title  = {About Dixmier's conjecture},
  author = {Vered Moskowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4368},
  year   = {2014}
}
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